Capcom unleashes Street Fighter II to arcades, becomes a HUGE success, starts a trend in fighting games, considered the grandfather of the fighting game genre, begins a string of 100s of versions of the same game, starts a franchise that expands into comic books and anime, comes to consoles shortly: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1d/SF2_JPN_flyer.jpg

Nintendo releases The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for the Super Famicom (name of the Japanese SNES) in Japan: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/The_Legend_of_Zelda_A_Link_to_the_Past_SNES_Game_Cover.jpg

And last, but not least, Sega releases Sonic The Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis, becomes the next "it" franchise: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/ba/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_1_Genesis_box_art.jpg

Subject:Re: Video Games: 1991

Written By:mxcrashxmon05/30/14 at 12:00 am

Games released that year - Golden Axe 2http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6d/Golden_Axe_II_Coverart.png